Spark

I found an extra job for myself, but Chen Nian didn't feel much pressure.

On the contrary, he has become more and more accustomed to this kind of work rhythm that is so full that there are almost no dead ends. As long as he finds that his to-do tasks are less than five one day, he will feel an inexplicable sense of anxiety.

——

However, this is actually very understandable.

In the final analysis, the reason for such a mentality is because of the further intensification of the conflict with the United States.

Whether it is the entity list that arrived more than ten years in advance, or the talent counterflow that caught everyone off guard, it all implies one thing:

The acceleration of technological development has brought about the acceleration of power change. Many things that Chen Nian originally expected to "have time" have now become "no time".

Therefore, he must strictly follow the plan every day.

This gave Chen Nian an illusion:

He seems to be playing an SLG game with multiple targets, like a classmate or something.

In this kind of game, your daily time is divided into several parts, and each part can only do one thing at the same time.

You must strictly allocate time and balance the priorities among the various attack objects, but at the same time, you must ensure that you invest in each object so as not to miss the key nodes of the breakthrough.

Only in this way can we achieve as many strategy goals as possible with limited resources.

——

Speaking of which, is this a unique kind of fun?

However, compared with the "game", there is one thing that is completely different in the real-life strategy task, and that is the physical input of oneself.

This is not something that can be solved by drinking two bottles of energy potions - not to mention energy potions, after a long period of high-intensity work, even if you sleep for more than ten hours in the dark, you can't restore your state to its peak state.

But fortunately, Chen Nian was in good physical condition and had plenty of energy.

Compared with other researchers in the project team who depended on goji berries for survival, Chen Nian felt that he could survive.

He also understands more and more why some people say that "energy is the most important endowment of scientific research scholars". When a person is talented to a certain extent and can achieve the same efficiency no matter which direction he chooses, the upper limit of achievement is determined, that is, energy. upper limit

In the office, Chen Nian poured himself the last sip of Tieguanyin, which was so thick and astringent, and then devoted himself to the deduction of the production process of the total nitrogen anion salt again.

In the past two weeks, he has completed nearly 80% of the deduction work, determined the approximate range of the ratio of various raw materials, and determined the external conditions including temperature and pressure. Now the last step is left, which is The time series controls a link too.

The complexity of this part of the work is not high, in fact, Chen Nian does not intend to be completely accurate.

After all, deduction in a virtual environment is one thing, and laboratory operations are another.

Anyway, it will be implemented in the end, so it is better to wait until entering the laboratory, and then make appropriate fine-tuning.

This is the most efficient way of working.

After another two hours, when the caffeine and tea polyphenols in his stomach were basically gone, he finally saw the result he wanted on the system analysis interface.

The number of analysis source points has been reduced to below 2 points.

That is to say, the entire process of my own basically does not have too high a randomness, and it can be put into the laboratory for actual testing.

Chen Nian didn't bother to sort out the documents anymore, the pile of thick draft paper on his desktop was the documents.

After making a phone call to Chen Guo, he went back to the dormitory to sleep on his own, while Chen Guo packed the draft papers and sent them to Nanjing University of Technology as quickly as possible.

At this time, exactly 14 days have passed since Chen Nian said on the phone that "the total nitrogen anion salt will be prepared by chemical method".

After receiving Chen Guo's delivery, Hu Bingchun couldn't wait to take Liu Zuliang together, and opened the top-secret escorted package in his office.

Looking at the thick package, Hu Bingchun was subconsciously worried.

"Are there so many documents? It shouldn't be"

His brows were slightly frowned, and Liu Zuliang on the side also answered with some doubts:

"It shouldn't be. If it is really going to be prepared by chemical method, how could it involve such a thick operating instruction."

"The synthesis of the total nitrogen anion salt is indeed complicated, but several potential intermediate products are still clear. No matter how thick this stuff is, it can't be so thick."

"I don't understand, maybe there are more problems in the catalytic link?"

Rather than saying that he was asking Liu Zuliang, it would be better to say that Hu Bingchun was asking himself.

He swiftly unwrapped the last layer of package, and when he saw the manuscript paper inside, he couldn't help but froze.

"Why are they all written on scratch paper? There's not even a serial number. Where do you start?"

Liu Zuliang was also surprised. He reached out and picked up a few manuscript papers and flipped through them. After carefully distinguishing them, he said:

"No, it's not 'written on scratch paper', this thing is a draft"

"But fortunately, this draft has continuity."

"Wait, don't move it, don't mess it up. The top one is the newest, and the bottom one is the most original."

"Take away the top chapter first, that should be the final result."

"Then let's start from the penultimate one. You see, it's this one. The content of this one is very general. It writes a joint method of m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid and ferrous glycinate, but the specific dosage and experimental conditions are different. Did not write."

As he spoke, Liu Zuliang put the first draft paper aside, and then pulled out another one from the middle.

After seeing the above content clearly, Hu Bingchun also immediately understood the key point.

"This one has entered the middle part---PHAC solution synthesis, the chemical formula is (N5)6(H3O)3(NH4)4Cl, the principle is to use cobalt ions to capture N5- ions in the solution"

"Look at the next one!"

Unable to wait for Liu Zuliang's slow movements, Hu Bingchun directly took the top dozen or so manuscript papers aside and spread them out in a row on the ground. At this moment, the entire process of technological evolution and upgrading became clear at a glance.

From the initial guess in only one direction to the complete and detailed experimental parameters at the end

Hu Bingchun and Liu Zuliang lay on the ground regardless of their image, the shock in their hearts was beyond words.

".So he started from scratch and rolled out the whole process directly on paper?"

"It should be. Wait a minute, I feel that I can't understand this matter. Did he come up with the plan purely through thought experiments?"

"It looks like it is—it's not a big deal. I heard that he even made the blueprint of the twenty-two engine before."

"Well, anyway, he can use thought experiments, we have to practice in the laboratory"

"Don't worry, look again, this kind of manuscript can't be seen everywhere. If you take it out, someone will be willing to exchange the entire laboratory."

So, these two high-ranking scholars just lay on the ground and watched for a whole afternoon.

Even when someone knocked on the door and came in, they still knelt and sat on the ground, but calmly straightened up slightly.

And they didn't feel embarrassed at all in the face of the surprised eyes of the visitors.

On the other side of the sea, in the laboratory of the US National Nitrogen Anion Salt Project.

Christ looked helplessly at the overwhelmed and busy experimenters in the laboratory, and his heart twitched one after another.

Just now, there was a moderate explosion in his laboratory, and the whole laboratory became a mess because of it.

The reason for this explosion was that the control of the pressure gradient curve failed in the process of synthesizing the total nitrogen anion salt using the high-pressure method, which led to the violent decomposition of the originally stable compound, which eventually triggered the explosion.

Logically speaking, such mistakes should not have happened at all, because every experimental step has been rigorously and precisely designed, and every parameter has been repeatedly demonstrated.

But there is no way, no one can really be foolproof in actual operation, it is only an explosion, and the damage caused is not big, so Christ is already very satisfied with the result.

At least this can show that the project team has done a good job in safety management --- everyone wore protective gear according to the standard, and the most injured person only sprained his ankle in the process of escaping because of panic.

What really dissatisfied Christ was the attitude of these researchers after the explosion.

What they thought at the first moment was not to preserve the data, correct the error and start over again, but to apply for an accidental injury subsidy from him.

Are these people crazy?

Yes, according to the past rules, certain high-risk subsidies will indeed be issued during the implementation of such high-risk experiments, but they will only be issued after time and approval by the logistics department.

What the hell is it to be so cold-hearted now?

Some people even threatened themselves by withdrawing from the experiment, as if the entire project team would be useless without him.——

However, the more disgusting point came.

Although the project team does not have to be short of anyone, in fact, even if one person quits for this reason, the atmosphere of the entire project team will inevitably be seriously affected.

At that time, let alone whether the experiment can go on smoothly, maybe I will face large-scale complaints.

It's so hard.

Therefore, Christ had no choice but to agree to their request, but what he couldn't understand was why the current scientific research team became like this?

Back then, when I was working on explosives at MIT, let alone such an accident, even if the ceiling of the laboratory was lifted and the eardrums were shattered, I would only happily record the explosion data, for fear of missing it. A little detail.

Why on earth did it become like this? What went wrong?

Christ couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

And at this time, after the messy laboratory was finally cleaned up, the deputy walked up to him and said:

"The data has been sorted out. According to the spectral data, we can confirm that we have synthesized the target compound."

"But the problem is that in the explosion just now, the final product has been destroyed."

"But the good news is that our testing equipment has already recorded the corresponding data, and there is no need to repeat the experiment."

"At least it's good news!"

Hearing this, Christer finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he went on to ask:

"Have the experimental parameters been recorded?"

"The record is complete and complete—according to the latest data, our peak pressure has reached 110Gpa, and it is at this pressure that the target compound begins to form."

"I thought, with this data, we could start working on the paper."

"The only trouble is that it may be more difficult to reproduce the experiment, because the pressure we need at present cannot be stably controlled even by ourselves."

"It is very likely that every synthesis process will trigger a similar explosion"

"It doesn't matter, our goal is not to produce finished products in a short time."

Christine replied calmly.

Yes, the goal of this project team is not to really "manufacture" the total nitrogen anion salt, let alone to realize the large-scale mass production of this material.

In fact, what the project team has to do is to verify the possibility of the theory and to show the world its scientific research strength.

This is a process of attracting new ideas-in this way, they can prove the advanced nature of their technology in front of everyone, so as to obtain more support and grab more resources.

At that time, many things that cannot be done now will gradually become "able".

This is a strategy that our side has already proficiently used in the scientific research process. This time, it is just another repetition of historical successful experience.

After a few brief exchanges, the two determined the follow-up research route, and Christ's irritated mood due to this accident also settled down.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile on his face:

"It seems that this time, we have gone ahead of them again."

"I heard that they are also preparing for a conference on energetic materials, and the invitation letter has been sent out, and the list of personnel basically coincides with ours."

"I don't know where they got the confidence to compete with us in this field—well, Nanjing University of Technology is indeed very strong, but some things cannot be determined by simply relying on 'scientific research strength' "

Hearing his words, the deputy nodded slightly and replied:

"Our laboratory has also received their invitation, but I haven't had time to reply."

"To be honest, their project is quite interesting, chemical synthesis of nitrogen anion salts --- if it doesn't conflict with our schedule, I really want to take a look."

"It's nothing to look at. This topic has been discussed countless times as early as more than ten years ago, as early as the era when we synthesized all-nitrogen cation salts, and many related scholars have done long-term exploration."

"But without exception, they all failed."

"Basically, it is certain that the so-called chemical route is a scam—it cannot be called a scam, it should be said that it is wishful thinking."

"However, since they are willing to go on with this fantasy, let them go. Anyway, the more resources they waste, the greater our advantage."

"Indeed."

The deputy nodded again, seeing Christ's confident expression, he instinctively responded with an equally confident smile.

But for some reason, when he thought of the contents of that invitation letter, he always felt a faint uneasiness.

The introduction on the chemical method in the invitation letter does not look like a discussion, but rather a notification?

It's as if they've actually produced something and are just waiting for the right opportunity to make it public.